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His runs came mostly off Agarkar's and Kumble's bowling, driving the former down the ground, while slogging the latter, never allowing him to settle. Youtube-Sehwag 195 vs Australia at the MCG, 26 December 2003, Sehwag-"I was too busy enjoying making a hundred", Hayden and Ponting put Australia in charge, Out of Jail-The Wisden Verdict, India v Australia at the MCG, third test, 2nd day, Ponting's double-hundred puts Australia in charge, Commentary, Third Test Match, India v Australia at Melbourne, December 2003–04, Williams burst leaves Australia needing 95 to win, Wag the tail-Wisden Verdict by Sambit Bal, A study in contrasts Australia v India, 3rd Test, Melbourne, 4th day, by Rahul Bhatia, Hayden and Ponting seal Australian Victories, https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Indian_cricket_team_in_Australia_in_2003–04&oldid=975817946, International cricket competitions in 2003–04, Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike License, Part of the Indian cricket team in Australia in 2003–04, Queensland Academy of Sport won the toss and decided to bat, Australia A won the toss and decided to bat, This page was last edited on 30 August 2020, at 15:57. He was selective about his strokeplay early on in his innings, batting cautiously against Ashish Nehra, who bowled two accurate and probing spells to him. and some others said, "Hey mate, we came to watch Tendulkar bat, not Bucknor wag his finger. His innings was full of orthodox and stylish shots, notable of which were his cover drives through mid-off and extra cover, which saw him open the full face of the bat without an exaggerated follow-through.

Ganguly carried on with Parthiv Patel, who had made an unbeaten 37. [46] However, in this innings, Tendulkar started well, starting with a paddle-sweep for four of MacGill, and then he played some handsome cover-drives and unleashed his pulls whenever the bowlers seemed to have erred in line and length. He padded up once too many times to Kumble, which turned out to be his downfall, as he lost his wicket that way(502/6). Steve Waugh gave himself an extended bowling spell, and against the run of play, produced a delivery which was well outside leg-stump, but Dravid aimed a shot to Damien Martyn at forward square leg, and it appeared that Dravid, who had faced a lot of short deliveries from Waugh, had not anticipated this delivery.

He hit the ball savagely, transferring his weight to the back foot often, and displayed clean and strong hits which sent the ball crashing to the fence. Rahul Dravid and Sourav Ganguly(who came in place of Sachin Tendulkar) carried them through to the end of the day without any major mishaps, ending on 6 not out each respectively. His very first ball indicated that there would be a touch of outswing for him. Steve Waugh returned at this stage, wearing an arm-guard over his hand, but he looked far from comfortable in his 19-run knock. His vigil was watchful, and he played the perfect foil to his partner, complementing Sehwag's brisk strokeplay with his defensive approach. He wrote. These figures if expensive, belied the fact that Khan bowled according to the plans the Indians had set to different Australian batsmen. He was also instrumental in resuscitating New South Wales' fortunes, including a first-innings 6 for 27 in their 2004-05 final win over Queensland and 7 for 4 earlier that season when South Australia fell for 29. The match at Melbourne was crucial for Australia, as they had to pull back the advantage and had to squeeze a win for Steve Waugh, who, incidentally was playing his last match in the ground where he had made his debut nineteen years ago, in 1985, and even more coincidentally, against the same opponents. "[38], Australia's woes on the field were magnified by Laxman and Dravid's stubborn partnership on the third day, but their misery was to continue when it was discovered that one of Australia's bowlers, Brad Williams had injured his shoulder while fielding and that he would require a month to be back in action.

Thereafter, Martyn took displayed a stylish exhibition of batting with some glorious cover-drives, whereas Waugh dominated the partnership with his trademark square-drives. Australia's score read 268/3. The two batsmen departed without India adding any run to their score. Lee came steaming in the next over as well, but again, he was dispatched for four off successive balls. [9] Referring to his failure and the unfortunate mix-up between him and Damien Martyn, Greg Chappell mentioned in an interview that Waugh's last mile was going to be uphill from then. "[29] Ponting's crisp strokeplay combined with aggression to produce a fantastic knock. He commented of the Indian bowlers that, "They missed Zaheer...He's been their best bowler the past couple of years, and he bowled well up in Brisbane. Ricky Ponting, the next man in, had a great start to his innings, creaming a boundary off only the second ball he faced. [36] At Lunch, India were securely placed at 252/4 from 83 overs. The match came alive after that and VVS Laxman the next batsman, avoided the hattrick by squirting the ball through gully. He seemed to have nursed a hamstring niggle. His sequence of scores in those tests were:8, 51, 9, 32, 8, 7, 55, 1, 0 and 1. The 9,136 spectators who had assembled to witness whether their home team could inspire a fightback of the sort the Indians produced the previous day, but it was treated to long hours of waiting, and when the play did begin it seemed like a farcical proceeding, for the day's play began only at 3:18 pm and ended just 37 minutes later, at 3:55 pm.

Buoyant and hopeful of their prospects of cleaning up the tail after Gilchrist's wicket, the Indians scalped the wicket of Andy Bichel(11 runs) caught by Laxman again, off Agarkar's bowling, then Simon Katich, who had contributed 16 runs to the score, before his nervous stay at the wicket was ended by a tentative poke at a Zaheer delivery to wicket-keeper Parthiv Patel. The new batsman Ricky Ponting walked in and was greeted by Ajit Agarkar's beautiful first over, but Agarkar was quickly removed from the attack after some poor bowling resulted in damage of his figures which read: 5–1–40–0. ', Border-Gavaskar Trophy, 2003–04 – Player v Player, Commentary-2nd Test:Australia v India at Adelaide Oval, 12–16 Dec 2003, Commentary(2nd page)-2nd test:Australia v India at Adelaide Oval, 12–16 Dec 2003, Youtube-Rahul Dravid 233 against Australia, Youtube video of the Dravid-Laxman partnership, Williams unlikely to take further part in Adelaide Test, 3rd Page: Commentary, Australia v India at Adelaide, 12–16 Dec 2003, Commentary 4th page:Australia v India, Adelaide, 12–16 Dec 2003.

Again his manner of dismissal was familiar: caught Laxman, bowled Zaheer. Together, the two took Australia to a safe victory, levelling the series with one more match to go.[66]. He stated that "There are days when teams will get bowled out for 196 if the conditions favour bowlers and the bowling is exceptional. Martyn seemed to be in a graceful touch from his first ball, stroking some good shots to the fence against the pace duo of Agarkar and Pathan, the latter being unable to replicate his good start with the new ball.

[28] When Ponting had added just six to his tally, Virender Sehwag dropped a chance at third slip off Pathan, and when he reached 12, a close lbw decision against him off Ajit Agarkar's bowling was turned down. His knock was described as being "diligent in protecting(his)wicket and resisting temptation". However, operating in his 43rd over, Kumble first got rid of Ponting and then picked up the remaining two Australian wickets off the last two balls of that over as well. Find Bracken's Records, Biography, Centuries, Runs, wickets. As a respite for the Australians, on the last ball before tea, Laxman again decide to cut a good, rising delivery from Bichel, but managed to get an edge to Gilchrist, who had to stretch a little to take an impressive catch. [65] India's spectacular collapse left Australia needing only 95 runs for a victory. [51] He had by that time, 16 boundaries and a six to his credit. Dravid himself commented that it had been an uphill struggle for most of the day, "It was never comfortable. Zaheer hit an unplayable line and length mark right from his very first over and did not let any batsman settle. But he retained an excellent control over almost all bowlers, and played a lot of dot balls, and put away the bad deliveries for the boundaries, explaining his high boundary rate. [63] Then the score was 126/3. Dravid and Ganguly gave India a quiet start, adding only 11 runs in the first five overs, but in the third ball of the fifteenth over, Ganguly received a blow on the back of the head from Brad Williams, and had to retire. [10] Waugh's dismissal brought the score down to 275/5. He was run out by Harbhajan Singh's throw from the deep, which Parthiv Patel took and whipped off the bails. Aakash Chopra lost his wicket to Nathan Bracken, wrongly adjudged caught behind when the ball had only brushed his pads. In 17 matches between the South Africa tour and the end of the CB Series he picked up at least a wicket in each game and he missed only one match at the World Cup, capturing 16 victims in his second campaign.His steady rise peaked after the 2008 West Indies tour when he became the No. The duo batted well, without giving the Australians too many chances. After ending India's chances of posting a huge total, Australia, having the perfect chance to post a good total, lost their first wicket before lunch, when Agarkar dismissed Langer for 14–for the fourth time in the series[56]–with the score reading 30/1.

But to be honest, we needed something special to happen, an Eden Gardens or an Adelaide. India's best bowler in the first test at Gabba, Zaheer Khan, who had returned from a hamstring injury, put up a lacklustre bowling effort, due to the after-effects of the injury. The two openers also played out three successive maidens within this period. The opening pair only added 11 runs to the score in five overs, before Gillespie nailed Chopra when the score was 48. The scoring sequence was as follows: 3–0–0–1–4–4. For the off-side deliveries, Laxman would either utilize the ball's pace and send it scorching to the boundary, or he would open the face of the bat late enough to cut it. His knock also continued his excellent form in the year 2003, in which he had already notched up an average excess of 100, in tests.

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